Steam nostalgia and railway history at its best, Steam Days is the monthly magazine dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts.
Here’s what to expect this month…
Troubled sleep in south-west Scotland
Three incidents across 20 miles of the Nith Valley main line provide the backdrop as David Cross highlights some sleepless mornings with the route’s nocturnal passenger operations in the early to mid-1960s.
Christchurch stations
First reached by train in November 1862, gaining three railways and losing its first 90 years ago, Stephen Roberts tracks the options for catching a train at Christchurch in its Hampshire days of steam.
234: Across Stamford by rail – a three counties journey
Setting out from Essendine, Rutland, on the East Coast main line, we traverse the former GNR branch to the Lincolnshire town of Stamford, at its East terminus, before crossing to the ex-Midland Railway route through Stamford (Town). Departing west and briefly entering Northamptonshire, we conclude our travels at the next station, Ketton & Collyweston, Rutland.
The name’s the same: Hurricane
Andrew Wilson looks at eight steam locomotives that carried the name Hurricane, the choice directly inspired by the most powerful of winds and then indirectly perpetuated by a racehorse and the RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft.
And there’s lots more to delve in to, but you’ll have to find that out for yourself! If you’d like to read the March issue of Steam Days magazine, then you can cut to the chase and order yours here, or better yet save those pennies and subscribe to Steam Days magazine.
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